CORDON

, in Fortisication, a row of stones jutting
out between the rampart and the basis of the parapet,
like the tore of a column. The cordon ranges round
the whole fortress, and serves to join the rampart, which
is aslope, and the parapet, which is perpendicular, more
agreeably together.

In fortifications raised of earth, this space is filled up
with pointed stakes, instead of a cordon.

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